Hernandez gives up five runs in five innings

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Jul 31, 2012 at 12:01 AMJul 31, 2012 at 8:12 PM

Red Wings win in 12

Cleveland Indians pitcher Roberto Hernandez, the former Fausto Carmona,pitched the first five inningsthe Clippers today in Huntington Park against the Rochester Red Wings in a rehab assignment. He allowed five runs on nine hits with two wallks and a wild pitch.

In the game, theRed Wingsrallied for two runs in the top of the 12th to defeat Columbus 10-8. Wilkin Ramirez broke an 8-8 tie with a solo home run off Tyler Sturdevant. Tsuyoshi Nishiokahad an RBI single to add an insurance run.

Rochester got a solo home run from Chris Parmelee in the top of the 11th inning to take an 8-7. But Jason Donald led off the bottom of the inning with his fifth hit of the game and scored from third base on a wild pitch by Deolios Guerra with two outs to send the game to the 12th.

The Clippers trailed 7-2 heading into the bottom of the ninth inning but erupted for five runs to tie the game and send it into extra innings. Jason Donald had a two-run double in the rally with Vinny Rottino cutting the deficit to 7-5 with a sacrifice fly. Matt LaPorta tied matters with a first-pitch home run off Rochester closer Lester Oliveros.

Hernandezwas on pitch and innings limits of 6 and 90. He reached neither. Former Cleveland pitching coach Tim Belcher is in the ballpark watching him.

Hernandez got a ground out to start the game from Tsuyoshi Nishioka. He walked Pedro Florimon on four pitches but retired Matt Carson and Chris Parmelee on routine fly balls. He threw 12 pitches overall, 7 for strikes.

The Clippers took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first on an RBI double by Matt LaPorta.

The Red Wings made the second inning a busier affair for Hernandez. Clete Thomas led off with a single to right and Eduardo Escobar moved him to third on a hit-and-run single that also went to right field. Hernandez got Wilkin Ramirez to ground to Jared Goedert at third to start an around-the-horn double play. Thomas did score to tie the game at 1-1. He walked Brian Dinkelman before Danny Lehmann ended the inning with a fielder's choice grounder.

The Clippers regained the lead at 2-1 in the bottom of the second. Chad Huffman doubled to start the inning and scored on a one-out single by Gregorio Petit.

But Rochester replied in the third against Hernandez. Nishioka turned on a 2--0 pitch and doubled over the head of Tim Fedroff in center. Florimon followed with a single to move him to third and he scored on Florimon's grounder to Petit at shortstop to tie the game at 2-2.

The Red Wings continued to square up Hernandez in the fourth. Escobar started the inning with a bunt single and went to second on Goedert's throwing error. Ramirez doubled to right to give the Red Wings a 3-2 lead. He scored on Dinkelman's single to center. Lehman singled before Nishioka fouled out to LaPorta at first for the first out. Florimon lined out to LaPorta and Carson grounded out to end the inning.

Parmelee lined a double down the right field line to begin the Rochester fifth. He went to third on a groundout and scored on a wild pitch by Hernandez that jumped the lead to 5-2.

Scott Barnes relieved Hernandez in the sixth. He allowed a run without giving up a hit. He walked the first two batters he faced. Nishioka dropped a sacrfice bunt and Florimon delivered a sacrifice fly to extend the lead to 6-2.

Rochester added a run in the ninth on a solo home run by Parmelee.

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